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Applying multi-factor authentication (MFA) is one of the best things that can be done to help secure user accounts from being compromised – but as with any other cybersecurity measure, malicious hackers are attempting to find ways to get around it. An example of this has been detailed by cybersecurity researchers at Mitiga, who uncovered a campaign combining phishing with attacker-in-the-middle (AiTM) attacks to circumvent MFA. SEE: The biggest cyber-crime threat is also the one that nobody wants to talk about The attacks target the cloud-based Office 365 accounts of executives – mainly CEOs and CFOs – in order to send fraudulent emails requesting financial transfers to be made, by sliding into ongoing, legitimate email conversations about business deals, but with a fraudulent request for payment....

I received a Pen about a week ago and tested it out briefly on theAcer Chromebook Spin 713. One of the first things I noticed about the Pen is its design. Instead of a circular housing, the Pen has a triangular design – meaning it’s flat on three sides. According to the company, the design is meant to be easy for children of all ages to hold for long periods of time....

Or, at least, tech CEOs like to think it has. Among those freedoms, of course, is the freedom to chronicle our lives down to the very last millisecond. Because someone must be interested in it, surely. Also: How to convert your home’s old TV cabling into powerful Ethernet lines Yet that life-chronicling can encounter certain hurdles. Your loved one, perhaps. Your best friends. Or even your employers. He’s PrimeTime. On his own time Let’s talk, then, about the chronicling of PrimeTimeJon....

Health, in a submission [PDF] to a review of the Act underway by the Attorney-General’s Department, said the de-identification of data, given the risk of re-identification, is a complex area. “Particularly given the burgeoning demand for access to public sector data at very granular levels, and for linkage with other datasets,” it wrote. The department said that while the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has published guidance materials on de-identification, data custodians may still need to seek specialist expertise in order to be satisfied that the likelihood of re-identification is low, “particularly in light of advances in data analytic technologies”....

I’m pretty sure that you know who Brian Solis is. And if you don’t, then it’s on you. But just in case, I figured that I would give you an introduction to the guy who qualifies as a legend in parts of the business world. As jokey as I get, no joke here. Brian is not only a dear friend, but he is the man who you can point to and say: Brian revolutionized the PR industry by bringing social into it....

And there are, unfortunately, plenty of reasons for the lack of new entrants to the industry, and plenty of reasons why people who are in the tech industry don’t always stick around. There’s an image problem that the industry needs to deal with, especially when young people are getting their information about tech jobs from some unexpected sources. Tech development at its best is creative, team-based problem-solving that should be attracting some of the smartest minds, yet it’s often portrayed as the domain of sullen lone-wolf coders, a caricature that is off-putting to many....

As technical job site Dice wrote in its most recent job report, “Job postings in the third quarter demonstrated that employers are looking for technologists who understand the core concepts of software development and project management, in addition to possessing technical skills such as … Linux.” The Linux Foundation and edX, the leading massive open online course (MOOC) provider, made some interesting discoveries in their 2021 Open Source Jobs Report....

Some of us may be able to do all the work we need to on one small screen. But, for others, more display real estate is needed, sometimes far more. Also: OLED vs. LED: What’s the difference and is one better than the other? This guide is designed to help you figure out which monitor layout is best for you, whether that’s an additional secondary (or tertiary) screen, a larger monitor, or a less common monitor aspect ratio....

I know it took me a few weeks to get used to looking at the iPhone 14 Pro’s screen and seeing that it wasn’t black. I constantly checked to make sure that it wasn’t awake. Also: Why your iPad, MacBook, or even iPhone might stop charging this winter Part of the problem is that your notifications and wallpaper are still visible, just not at the same brightness level as a phone that’s awake....

Previous-gen, Intel-based Mac Minis could support two Thunderbolt external displays. Thunderbolt is a display protocol that uses a special class of USB-C cables to deliver a video signal, and sometimes power, to an external display. It’s been a big selling point for Apple’s MacBooks and Mac Minis in recent years, thanks to the simplicity, flexibility, and impressive resolutions it provides. That’s why it was such a surprise to me, and many other unsuspecting Mac Mini buyers, when we discovered that the seemingly better-in-every-way M1 Mini had been dropped from supporting two Thunderbolt displays to just one....

It’s a two-edged sword to take such stunning images and videos with the latest drones and phone cameras; now, we don’t always have the space to save such large files on our laptops and mobile devices. And no one wants to decide what has to go to make room constantly. With a cloud storage service like Koofr, you don’t have to make that decision. Plus, Koofr is offering 1TB of cloud storage for life this September....

Introducing HandBrake To be able to use a WMV file inside Final Cut, it needs to be converted to another format. The easiest is the aforementioned MPEG-4. To do that, we need a program capable of converting one video format to another. For that, we turn to HandBrake. Since it’s a format produced by Windows Movie Maker and Vegas Video, among others, WMV files tend to be created by lower-end video production apps....

Football games aside, there is so much more to Hulu with Live TV In case you’ve been sleeping on this great streaming service option, Hulu with Live TV offers the same streaming service that serves you top hits like Bob’s Burgers, What We Do in the Shadows, and Reservation Dogs. In addition to being able to stream fan favorite shows, the Live TV also drops up to 75 live channels straight to your streaming device....

Also: How to take a full-page screenshot in Google Chrome Let us show you how to quickly and easily take a screenshot on everything from a Dell, Lenovo, or other Windows-based laptop to an Apple MacBook. How to take screenshots on any laptop Requirements You’ll need your laptop and, in some cases, basic image editing software. The entire process should two minutes or less, depending on which method and operating system you’re using....

Also: The best external hard drives you can buy A NAS is a dedicated little computer designed to hold hard drives or SSDs and protect your data. Typically, it supports more than one drive and has the ability to recover, even if one drive fails. We’re going to be showing you how easy it is to set up your own NAS using the Synology 1621+ six-bay NAS. How to set up a NAS What you need: NAS devices come in a wide range of configurations....

“Make. It. Staaaaahp!!” Were the first two words sobbed out, and the last was a plaintive wail in my ear. Not something I expected to hear. We’re good friends, but our relationship is the sort where we have nice chats once or twice a year, tops. “Hey Nancy. Why don’t you take a deep breath and tell me what’s going on.” And she did. My friend had been click-baited in the worst possible way....

Also: Google Pixel’s Magic Eraser camera feature is finally coming to iPhones (and other Android phones) Not one to be left behind, Samsung has added a similar feature to the Galaxy S23 lineup of phones as part of its One UI 5.1. One UI 5.1 is currently rolling out to older Samsung devices, including the S22, S21, and S20 series, along with the Z Fold 4 and Z Flip 4....

That led to the inevitable question – how worn is the battery in my Apple Watch? This seems to be something that worries Apple Watch owners. After all, this is a device that seems to need to be charged daily, and it’s got a pretty small battery, and as such, users feel there’s not much wiggle room once the battery is worn. Also, it’s not tricky to find somewhere that will change the battery in your iPhone, but with the Apple Watch you’re a lot more limited....

The joint service, announced before this week’s event, fills a gap with HPE GreenLake’s database services, while providing Nutanix a partner that goes the last mile in delivering the company’s software-defined Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS), Era. The Era service will run on HPE ProLiant servers and delivered as a service through HPE GreenLake. At first glance, it might appear that HPE and Nutanix offer similar capabilities. Both offer software-defined as-a-service platforms sharing similar roots with hyperconverged systems and virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)....

The new Dongguang facility is amongst seven transparency centres Huawei operates worldwide, including in Belgium, Germany, Canada, and the UK, where its first was launched in 2010. These sites have hosted 700 customer exchange over the past decade. According to Huawei, the centres offer a platform on which its products and software can be tested and security verified by customers and governments. The facilities provide technical documents, testing tools and environments, as well as technical support....